Do you perform daily backups of your data? Do you check your backup system to make sure it's actually backing up the data? Do you practice restoring data from your backup system to make sure you can actually recover your data?
If you answered "No" to any of these questions you must be one lucky person. What happens when your luck runs out? How will you continue to run your business without any of your critical data on customers and business operations? Implementing a backup solution can be a fairly simple process. There are so many options available that provide you an easy way to schedule routine backups both onsite and offsite. With storage costs so low it's easy to backup all of your data or create a system image of your entire system. A system image is a backup file that allows you to restore not only your data but your entire computer operating system, settings, and applications at once. They are extremely handy when your hard drive fails and you need to replace it.
When determining the type of backup system you need, you must consider off site backups. Creating a backup off site gives you business continuity. If you only store backups in your office and the building burns down you still lose everything. Utilizing cloud backup solutions provide companies with off site protection for relatively low costs.
Getting your backup system in place is only the first step...once it's up and running you need to make sure you have a maintenance plan in place to ensure it's functioning properly and you can actually recover your data when you need it. If you have been relying on luck as your backup system, call us today and we'll make sure your data and your business are protected before your luck runs out.
